Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

Candy Evans: Adios 2024. Let’s Thrive in 2025

By Candy Evans / December 31, 2024 /

Happy New Year! Last year is a wrap. If you think 2024 was full of change, you haven’t seen anything yet. Buckle your seat belt and grab a hard hat because we will thrive in ’25, but it’s going to go fast! If only interest rates would go on a New Years Diet plan… Dare…

Lux Custom Homes Does it Again: Mediterranean Transitional With a New York Vibe

By Candy Evans / December 24, 2024 /

There is a lot of new construction in the coveted neighborhoods of Preston Hollow, Bluffview, North Dallas and Lakewood. Much of it seems to be following the “white box” trend even as it calls itself “transitional.” There is “transitional,” and then there is 4206 Woodfin Drive. Take a breath before you see this masterpiece. Transitional…

A Step Back in Time: 5203 Westgrove, a Life Between Two Golf Courses

By Candy Evans / December 15, 2024 /

At the northwest tip of the city of Dallas is an area that evokes the Dallas of yesteryear — sophisticated, elegant, embracing outdoor living in all it’s glory: treed, verdant, spacious yet cozy. Homes were designed to meld into the landscape. Secure: parts of far north Dallas are some of the safest nooks in the…

A Stepping Stone to Home Ownership: Why People are Renting at East Love (and Loving It)

By Candy Evans / December 9, 2024 /

There is a time in your life when you may be on the fence about buying a home. You are growing weary of apartment life -— especially the elevators and noise. Yet you are not quite ready for a home, either because the thought is overwhelming or you just cannot afford the down payment. Enter…

Jerry Mooty on Compass Acquisition of @properties and Christie’s: ‘We Did Not Get Bought’

By Candy Evans / December 6, 2024 /

About that @properties and Christie’s International Real Estate acquisition by Compass announced Monday … We had plenty of questions, so we turned to who I consider the face of @properties Christie’s International Real Estate in Texas, Jerry Mooty, for an in-depth discussion on what this acquisition means for North Texas real estate. Compass announced on…